Introduction This research paper is brief information about my senior project topic “The affects public recreation and community centers have in communities”. The reasoning for this selection of this topic is because when I was younger every weekend and summer I would go over to my local community center to play basketball with other kids from the neighborhood. I chose recreation and community centers to research because I’m interested in the funds of these centers, the adults who take the time out of their lives to interact with these children, what these recreations and community centers have to offer for children and the community as a whole, their partnerships and there missions. I hope to accomplish with this project is to make sure that …show more content…
The Clubs first professional worker was John Collins; he devised a system to inform guidance to grabbing the attention of boys to join the club. He accomplished this simply by capturing their interest, improving their behaviors, increasing their goals and expectations in life. Collin’s methods made a clear plan, this structured type of method to take boys off of the streets and enhance their development towards a successful well-produced future. This system enhanced the basis of The Boys and Girls Club environment. Today this method is still being implemented with supported results. The Boys and Girls Clubs of America vowel to the development of the charter being the basic building in a person’s personal development. They believe this method should be an integral aspect for every Boys and Girls Club’s program activity. Aaron Fakringer, a Regional Director for the West Coast Chapter in the 1950’s wrote The Boys and Girls Club code as part of the movement’s celebration for the anniversary of the club. The code was used extensively in the 50’s and 60’s. This code is still shown in lots of Boys and Girls Club’s today; in support of this …show more content…
Booth walked the streets on London preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor, the homeless, the hungry and less fortunate trying to spread hope. William Booth gave up on the conventional church concept with a pulpit in a church rather he decided to take his message and deliver it to people. This method wasn’t welcomes by other church leaders in London who has more traditional methods of worship. Booth withdrew from these traditional methods and decided to travel throughout England starting evangelistic meetings. Booth’s wife Catherine could be considered the co-founder of the Salvation Army because of her role and support to her husband William. In 1865 William Booth was invited to host a series of evangelic meetings in the Eastern part of London. He had a tent set up in a Quaker graveyard and his services became an instant success. During his time in the traveling independent evangelistic ministries he became a religious leader throughout London. This attracted people near and far to witness his ministry. These were not just law-abiding people yet drunkards, gamblers, prostitutes and thieves were amongst Booth’s converts to Christianity. Booth’s goals lead people to a righteous path and to get them to live better with spiritual guidance. Many churches throughout the land didn’t accept Booths followers because of their past. That never stops
The Gospel Spreading Church was founded by a man by the name of Elder Solomon “Lightfoot” Michaux, who was born, raised, and educated in Virginia. In 1906, Lightfoot came to Mary Eliza Pauline, a woman one year his junior, was born and raised in the church. With hard work and dedication, by the age of 34, Lightfoot, had become “a prosperous business man, securing large government contracts to furnish food to defense establishments.” Mrs. Michaux prayed for the salvation of her husband daily, and one day, “God saved him and from that time forward, they worked as a team in gospel ministry.” One year after finding salvation, Elder Michaux was ordained and licensed. He then began preaching at a small church called “Everybody’s Mission” which he had built up from scratch. Moving from Everybody’s Mission, Michaux began once again to build a church, this time starting from a tent. It was here, in this tent, that one hundred and fifty people would come to accept the Lord as their Savior, and would join the Michaux family in becoming the foundation of the Gospel Spreading Church (GSC).
The civil right leader, Coretta Scot King, Once said, “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” A thriving community has pushed for transparency in its local government. For example, sports have an impact on communities that have both solidified communities and destroyed at least one. The videos for this week topic such as Wild in the Streets, Irish Hurling, and both LA Dodgers’ has created an open government that can treat people alike by proving them with both positive and negative benefits. Sports builds communities and sometimes tears them down.
... Reestablishing community goals and encouraging youths to engage in extracurricular activities will greatly improve outlooks on life and help them make the right choices for a better tomorrow.
The Boys & Girls Club of America seeks talent from all over when looking to recruit new faces for their team. The search for the new employees are done in a number of different ways some internally and externally. Making sure that all candidates have the same opportunity to apply for the job, but only the most eligible candidates will be hired. But putting the right team of employees is why the Boys & Girls of America is such a successful nonprofit company being a host to more than 1,140 independent locations in the US.
A prevalent but highly economical constraint that has plagued inner city communities is a lack of financial income. Studies have identified “costs of registration, equipment and travel expenses”, as key determents of the lack of participation within recreational activities by lower and single income families (Hughes et al, 1992). Though many programs are offered for free, programs which require fees discourage youth in lower income families from participating (Torrance, 1998). Many Inner cities do not offer recreational programs for its residents within the community, forcing the residents to seek recreational activates elsewhere. This results in additional investments in both time and transportation cost, as many low income families cannot afford a car (Hughes et al, 1992). This causes a strain on single parent families with more than one child, as they struggle to find programs which are suitable for various ages in different locations (Hughes et al, 1992). Another socioeconomic constraint which has heavily impacted recreational activities throughout inner city communities, is a lack of facilities and space for community centers. Residents of low income communities often reside in neighborhoods which lack resources needed to facilitate positive recreational involvement. A study in regards to the
For the last few years, I’ve been involved in Boy Scouts of America. Boy Scouts is very important to me, and has been a huge influence for good on me. Scouting teaches its participance various skills, values, and morals. Some of the knowledge I’ve gained is mostly only useful while camping, but most if it is very use full in everyday life.
People often fail to see the life-changing role sports can play for at-risk youth in low-income urban neighborhoods and the need for more sports-based youth programs to reduce crime and increase high school graduation rates in our cities. An article written about a year ago about “Royals, local government team up to open a youth urban baseball academy at 18th and vine,” The Kansas City Mayor calls it a dream and others called it a fairytale. Projects like this don’t come very often, or at least not nearly as often as we’d all like. They are calling it the Kansas City Urban Youth Academy. The possibilities are incredible. On the surface, they will be teaching baseball to kids from 6 to 18 years old, but really, they want to be doing much more than that. The only way communities can progress and build infrastructures like this one in areas that are termed as gang infested areas like this one is by spreading the message of love in community related events such as
The purpose of the article is to simply inform about a middle school’s service learning project and its effectiveness.
What would this much needed facility provide for Smallville? The Bigtown Recreation Center is a great model for Smallville, housing several basketball courts, tennis courts, a weight room, and a swimming pool. The programs conducted at the center include athletic clinics in the summer, swimming, basketball, and tennis lessons, and even fitness training and aerobics. These are all activities nearly every citizen can enjoy. So, if Smallville had a similar recreation center it would benefit the young and old alike. However, our recreation center should provide programs specifically for children and teenagers. Aside from just providing athletic and sports recreation for the youth, we should also provide them with tutoring services, a game room and a lounge were they can just "hang out."
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As a native of Lancaster, I feel an obligation to act and do something that will benefit my community. I am well aware of the many perils that youth face, and these obstacles can be extremely difficult to overcome without positive figures to aid and provide guidance. There is a great need for an intensive mentoring program within the community to positively influence the lives of youth. For The Land of Dreams, I have proposed to host a community basketball tournament to raise funds to implement a mentoring program to assist in the personal growth and career development of youth in Lancaster County and surrounding areas. The program will form partnerships with local school districts and the juvenile court system. This event will aid Lancaster County by providing additional discretionary resources that will be used to fund such activities as tutoring programs, leadership courses, and college tours.
The study of leisure and recreation exist to improve the quality of people’s lives. Leisure is a key part of our lives. When we involve ourselves in leisure activities that satisfies us. We improve in creativity and self-control through these activities. We also get the sense of freedom, achievement and confidence. Leisure gives us the opportunity to enjoy new experiences and develop new skills. In the field of study of leisure and recreation, it focuses on the variety of recreational activities. Those activities that are involved in leisure tend to be rewarding to one’s health and the community. Leisure activities are chosen by every individual, the activities can be done where people feel more comfortable with people you enjoy surrounding
"Does Participation in Sports Keep Teens Out of Trouble?" ModernMom.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014.
Larson, Reed, and Sean Seepersad. “Adolescents’ Leisure Time in The United States: Partying, Sports, And the American Experiment.” New Directions for Child & Adolescent Development 2003.99 (2003): 53-64. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Nov. 2011.
It will be one of the luckiest things in the world if people could just do what they love in their careers, and pursue their dreams without any fears or worries about how society and others judge them. However, women in this society do not obtain the same rights that men own; many inequalities hinder women to live and work. From this class, I learned a lot about gender affects work, and women and men’ roles can be very different in the work. In many industries, even though women get same education and professional degrees as men do, they are hired at lower rates than men are. Many women meet glass ceilings and find it is hard to attain the highest status in the profession, and this causes the society locks women out of higher level